Playing six of their last seven matches at home was supposed to help them secure a spot in the USL PRO League playoffs. Instead, Rochester went backwards, dropping from fifth to sixth place, going 2-3-1 at home and 2-4-1 overall. The top eight make the postseason and only five points separate spots seven through 12.

All three losses at Sahlen's Stadium were by a goal. With only five matches left, the Rhinos (8-8-7, 31 points) head back to the road. They play at seventh-place Charleston (7-8-8, 29 points) at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 12th-place Charlotte (7-13-3, 24 points) at 7 p.m. Saturday.

"We need to start to find a way to win these close games," said coach Bob Lilley, who had a lengthy post-match meeting with his players after Friday's 1-0 home loss to an Orange County (9-15, 27 points) team that had lost six straight matches.

Getting top scorers JC Banks and Alex Dixon back into the lineup at the same time should help try to snap the USL's lowest-scoring team out of its funk.

The Rhinos beat Charleston, 1-0, on April 27 and they tied 0-0 on Aug. 1. Both matches were in Rochester. Charlotte topped the Rhinos, 1-0, on June 28 in another disappointing home effort.

After this weekend, Rochester plays home and away against fifth-place Harrisburg (9-8-6, 33 points) before closing its regular-season at home against Wilmington (6-5-8, 26 points), which is tied for 10th but has played four fewer matches than the Rhinos.